Integration of point cloud data within SmartPlant Review helps lower the time, effort and cost of process plant retrofit engineering and construction projects. As the comprehensive visualization environment for the Intergraph Plant Design System (PDS®), SmartPlant Review helps engineers take advantage of accuracy and completeness of point clouds for retrofit design projects. Such existing condition data integration translates into less construction rework due to interferences and fit-up problems and helps eliminate costly field fabrication.

Intergraph made the announcement and the five companies are demonstrating their respective integration capabilities at SPAR 2005, the only conference for the business and technology of advanced terrestrial 3D laser scanning. Intergraph is a co-sponsor of the event, which explores continuing advancements in capturing and documenting existing-conditions data for design, construction and operations.

Intergraph SmartPlant Review 5.1 point cloud capabilities include loading, displaying and manipulating data from software offered by laser scanning software vendors. As an open, vendor-neutral integration tool, SmartPlant Review provides collision detection, measurement and full walk-through and view manipulation features for point clouds. The software accurately displays the proposed retrofit 3D model within the point cloud defining the existing conditions. Point cloud visualization and manipulation in SmartPlant Review builds on the legacy of integrated point cloud support within PDS for operating plant engineering and detail design.